In Game Advertising proven Ineffective

London based company, Bunnyfoot has done a study on in-game advertising. Their study has shown that customers pretty much ignore or don’t see the in-game ads. Good news for gamers.

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Stargate SG-1 Films Given Shooting Dates

Before the last episode of the final season of Stargate SG-1 airs on the SCI FI Channel, the famous cast of the history-making television series will have already begun the production shoot for the highly anticipated new films in the franchise.

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Hypersonic Cruise Missile: America’s New Global Strike Weapon

The X-51 is a hypersonic cruise missile that can strike anywhere in the world in less than an hour. The new missile, which is designed to hit Mach 5 (3,600 mph), destroys its targets by crashing into them at top speed. The Pentagon is hoping to test run the X-51 by 2008.

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Giant Magnetic Slingshot: the new idea for launching things into space

“Forget rockets. All you need to launch a satellite is a sled and a giant magnetic slingshot…As for the system’s cost, its low power requirements would allow spy micro-satellites to be slung into orbit for $50,000, a small fraction of the current $5-million launch cost.”

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Space, as seen from the Hubble

Some truly awesome photos taken by the Hubble telescope.

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Ball (1/10 of mm) Provides Evidence: Universe will Expand Forever

This tiny ball provides evidence that the universe will expand forever. Measuring slightly over one tenth of a millimeter, the ball moves toward a smooth plate in response to energy fluctuations in the vacuum of empty space. The attraction is known as the Casimir Effect.

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Minimal Perfection Ep 4 is out

The fourth episode of Minimal Perfection is out. We discuss Photoshop CS3 beta. Go check it out.

Universe’s First Objects Possibly Seen

Astronomers might have seen the very first stars in the universe. If so, these are incredible stars, some 1,000 times as massive as the Sun.

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Linux Distro Timeline 1991-2006

Wondering when a Linux distro forked off of another? Interested to know which distro branched into what? This handy time line should answer most of your questions

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Google circa 1960

What would Google have looked like if it existed in the 1960′s? This image is good step in that direction.

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